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  * Contributors:
  * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.update.search;

 /**
  * This interface is used to encapsulate a particular Update
  * search pattern. Each search category is free to scan
  * sites using a specific algorithm. Search category must
  * have a unique ID. The actual search is performed in
  * search queries. A category can provide one or more
  * queries to run during the search.
  * <p>
  * <b>Note:</b> This class/interface is part of an interim API that is still under development and expected to
  * change significantly before reaching stability. It is being made available at this early stage to solicit feedback
  * from pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API will almost certainly be broken
  * (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
  * </p>
  * @since 3.0
  */

 public interface IUpdateSearchCategory {
 /**
  * Returns the unique identifier of this search category.
  */
     public String getId();
 /**
  * Accepts the identifier assigned to this category during
  * the registry reading.
  */
     public void setId(String id);

 /**
  * Returns an array of update search queries that need to
  * be run during the search.
  * @return an arry of update search queries
  */
     IUpdateSearchQuery [] getQueries();
 }

